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I agree with this. While you could certainly make the argument that Mono undercuts Microsoft by expanding .NET beyond Windows, I think the amount of developer g

I agree with this. While you could certainly make the argument that Mono undercuts Microsoft by expanding .NET beyond Windows, I think the amount of developer goodwill it generates towards .NET probably compensates for that.

yuhong 15y ago
Not to mention that Mono can be used to push developers toward Windows and the official .NET Framework, and in fact has.
- cageface 15y ago
  Which is exactly why some of us are reluctant to cheer Mono on, no matter how dedicated and talented the Mono team might be.
  - jbuzbee 15y ago
    Agreed - My feeling has always been that Microsoft would weakly support the "toy" effort on other platforms and then encourage/threaten people to deploy to a "real" platform when the time comes.